[Dr. D. Jayne's building, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic] / Tho. U. Walter, archt., Philada.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887.

Contributor:

Jayne, David.

Johnston, William L.

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stores, Retail--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Stores, Retail.

242-244 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

238-240 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

246 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

84 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Jayne Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1850-1951.

Jayne Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) Wing additions--1851.

Local Subjects:

242-244 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

238-240 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

246 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

84 Chestnut St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Jayne Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1850-1951.

Jayne Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) Wing additions--1851.

Physical Description:

2 drawings : mixed media ; 69 x 65 cm. overall or smaller

Contained In:

Walter, Thomas Ustick. Architectural drawings collection.

Place of Publication:

1850-1851.

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger.

Webster, in Philadelphia preserved (1976), p.80-81, dates the original building as 1849-50, stating that Walter finished the building after the death of the original architect, William Johnston, in 1849. Walter also added the 6-story side wings on either side of the original building in 1851, per Webster. The 1851 drawing of the two included here may be for the wings. However, Walter's diaries, located in the Athenaeum's Walter Archives, suggest that Walter was still working on the first building through mid-1851. From his diary entries, Walter appears to have been responsible for the design & construction of the upper floors & cupola, which gave the Jayne Building its distinctive height for this period. Webster gives the client as Dr. David Jayne, a "prominent patent-medicine producer and real estate developer". An engraving, also in the Walter Archives, cataloged separately, shows a street perspective view of all three buildings. A modified version of this engraving, is published as plate 45 of Philadelphia architecture in the nineteenth century (1953). This building, given by Webster as a prototype skyscraper design, stood across the street from where Louis Sullivan once worked in the Furness office, and could have had an influence upon his later Chicago skyscrapers.

Webster gives the address for the original building as 242-244 Chestnut St., and the two wings as 238-240 & 246 Chestnut St. The engraving gives the address of the original building as 84 [Chestnut St.] and Walter's own diary entry for May 9, 1851 notes his work on the design for store no. 88 Chestnut St. This discrepency is explained by Philadelphia's address renumbering which occurred ca. 1857.

Drawings show interior design elevations, ceiling plan, and ornamental details.

Forms part of: Walter, Thomas Ustick. Architectural drawings collection.

Cited in:

Laverty, v.1, p. 236, WTU*054/002